Head Teacher's Blog
Headteacher blog 17th December 2021
17/12/2021 · No comments yet
This week started brilliantly and has been good all week. On Monday morning, a very supportive parent brought in a superb donation of books for school: all new books on themes around diversity and social justice. These have been paid for by a range of local businesses I believe, including Grumpy’s restaurant in Farsley. Read More
Headteacher blog 10/12/21
10/12/2021 · No comments yet
It’s a confusing world isn’t it: COVID cases rising in the UK but falling currently at school; masks on again in the corridors but attendance almost back to normal; some schools having parents in for Christmas performances, others not. It is easy to pick holes in guidance and rail at inconsistencies, but I am Read More
Headteacher blog Friday 3rd December
03/12/2021 · No comments yet
It has been a better week as we may have turned the curve as regards COVID infections. Until today, attendance had been over 90% this week: very low by historical standards but much improved compared to last week. As I write, we have ‘only’ had two positive COVID tests this week compared to nineteen Read More
Headteacher blog 26th November 2021
26/11/2021 · No comments yet
Headteachers all got a letter from Secretary of State Nadim Zahawi this week exhorting us to improve school attendance: ironically, in the week that our attendance has been at an all time low! COVID rates are rising for us and there are also a lot of sickness cases and heavy colds around. I am Read More
Headteacher’s Blog 19/11/2021
19/11/2021 · No comments yet
It has been a difficult week attendance-wise as COVID cases continue to rise again and there also seems to be a great deal of sickness around. This has affected staff and children alike. As I said to governors recently, the continued disruption to education for individual children and the historic low attendance overall (about Read More
